People v. Barnes

Mr. ChiEP Justice Farmer

delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff in error, William H. Barnes, was indicted, tried and convicted in the criminal court of Cook county for the crime of murder and sentenced to the penitentiary for life. He has sued out a writ of error to have reviewed such judgment, and assigns for error that the evidence was not sufficient, that his rights on the trial were not properly protected by counsel, and that the court erred in its rulings on the admission and rejection of testimony and in the giving and refusing of instructions.

The proof shows plaintiff in error…